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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1941
Page
2
Local and general notes describe a Melbourne Police Band visit to Numurkah and a charity fete by Invergordon Welfare Committee to raise funds. Reports include entertainment acts from Royal Victoria Institute for the Blind and plans for a Devonshire tea, lamb donations, and a Home Guard expenditure note.
Local shop advertisers promote women and men wear with full fashioned heavy weight silk hose in new shades and all sizes. Also featured are ladies woollen gloves, boys and youths shrinkless golf hose, men s cotton tweed trousers, Harvard work shirts, dark grey tweed shirts, black Italian cloth shirts, knitted woollen socks, and extra heavy petuna knitted socks with assorted colors. Special prices noted across multiple item lines.
A list from the grocery department highlights low priced varieties for cold days. Featured items include Tomato Soup, Vegetable, Celery, Oxtail, Pea, Spaghetti in Sauce, Spaghetti Curried, Pork & Beans, Mulliga Tawny, along with Pure Garden Honey Cocoa, AB Coffee Essence, Medallion Rice, Rinso giant packets, and Corke Brown Tea. Prices noted include 2/9 and 6d per pound.
A dated sale list itemizes various thermos flasks by capacity and price such as 2 pint and 1 pint models, plus 23 pint and 15 pint items. It includes HECLA BOILO JUGS, HOTPOINT and B.G.E electric irons, COLEMAN and DUNLOP products, GLOVES, cycle tires and tubes, pumps, grips, and assorted china and wares with prices in shillings and pence. The list emphasizes completion of cords, flex, and standard fittings for household and bicycle use.
An assortment of small ads and notices from Numurkah including sale items for Campbell's Stock Sale on Wednesday July 2, listings for springer-free cattle, prime eaten and lucerne chaff, seed oats, a Wurtheimer sewing machine, a 5 furrow plough with harness horse, various exchanges, and repairs. Also highlighted are sewing machine repairs, binders, aprons, school tennis gear, blinds, and a Lung Tonic sale by Louis Hamon, plus medical supplies and a chemist address.
A misty week in Numurkah brings variable rainfall with some districts reporting good showers while overall moisture remains insufficient for crops. The article notes fog, potential growth benefits from soaking, and mentions community events, church services, and local notices amid scattered farming discussions and personal items from residents.
An advertisement touts Heenzo as a four in one remedy for chest nose and throat ailments. It claims internal use for coughs colds and influenza nasal antiseptic action and relief from smokers throat. It targets adults and children with a price of 21 units per bottle and mentions a public concert in late August.
The advis. notes Mesdames F A and Rien estimate discolvine partnership tax from June 30. The Nanette Ten Rooms will in farury be conducted by Mrs Piva. The Nos murkah Red Grass monthly meeting will be held Friday next week. The extant meeting will take place Thursday July 17 with an address by Lady Bruche. Mr C Hopkins of Specens Poultry Farm Shepparton appoints Mr W P Cox agent for Numurkah district. Utility white Leghorn and Australary ego day old chicks booked for delivery. Fine wee hatched for customers and dayold cockerels available at special rates. Mr Coxs phone number is Numurkah 89.
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